Courts and Crime

A lawsuit filed against the Bedford County School Board, and Dr Douglas Schuch in his capacity as superintendent of schools, alleges that the decision to close Body Camp Elementary School, rather than Moneta Elementary School, was based on racial bias.

On Saturday afternoon, May 30, a Bedford County Sheriff’s deputy was transporting a female to the Bedford Adult Detention Center, when she kicked the back door window glass out of his patrol vehicle, according to a report from the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office.
The female, Kristin N. Forbes, 26, had been arrested at the Smith Mountain Lake State Park by a Smith Mountain Lake State Park officer for public intoxication. The arresting officer requested a police vehicle with a cage to transport her.

A county man has been charged with two counts of petit larceny for stealing campaign signs from private property.
According to Sheriff Mike Brown, his office received several calls about campaign signs being stolen. They also got a call reporting a possible suspect and this led deputies to Samuel Edmund Coffey, 72, of Langford Mill Road. Brown said Coffey admitted to the theft of campaign signs and has been charged with two counts of petit larceny.

A Blue Ridge man has been charged with second degree murder following a shooting Sunday afternoon in Bedford County.

At 4:20 p.m. Sunday May 10, Bedford County 911 dispatchers received a call reporting a shooting at 961 Summit Ridge Drive, Blue Ridge. Bedford County deputies arrived on the scene at 4:38 p.m. and found a deceased white male lying in the driveway of the residence, according to a news release by the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office.

A Blue Ridge man has been charged with second degree murder following a shooting Sunday afternoon in Bedford County.

At 4:20 p.m. Sunday May 10, Bedford County 911 dispatchers received a call reporting a shooting at 961 Summit Ridge Drive, Blue Ridge. Bedford County deputies arrived on the scene at 4:38 p.m. and found a deceased white male lying in the driveway of the residence, according to a news release by the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office.

A Blue Ridge man has been charged with second degree murder following a shooting Sunday afternoon in Bedford County.

At 4:20 p.m. Sunday May 10, Bedford County 911 dispatchers received a call reporting a shooting at 961 Summit Ridge Drive, Blue Ridge. Bedford County deputies arrived on the scene at 4:38 p.m. and found a deceased white male lying in the driveway of the residence, according to a news release by the Bedford County Sheriff's Office.

District 7 Supervisor Tammy Parker, who is seeking the Republican nomination for supervisor in the June 9 Republican primary, found her yard signs to be in great demand — from somebody who is stealing them.
“I had a problem this weekend,” Parker said. “By Saturday afternoon they started going missing. By Sunday afternoon, the count was up to 12.”